
TMDb Rating
7.0/10
71 verified votes
Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
ComedyWar
101 min
"MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!"
Plot Summary
Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith delays the return to his hometown, feeling that he is a failure. While in a moment of melancholy, he meets up with a group of Marines who befriend him and encourage him to return home to his mother by fabricating a story that he was wounded in battle with honorable discharge.
Director
Preston Sturges
Top Cast
Eddie BrackenElla RainesRaymond WalburnWilliam DemarestFranklin Pangborn
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